Mn/DOT and Public Safety announce new speed management program

12,000 vehicles Stopped in First Half-Year of HEAT in Twin Cities (March 6, 2006)
Statewide, the first six months of HEAT yielded 39,133 vehicles stops.
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HEAT Burns the Road with Over 1,300 Speed Citations
First Week Yields 3,400 Vehicle Stops

St. Paul, Minnesota — During the first week of the recently launched HEAT (highway enforcement of aggressive traffic), participating law enforcement agencies statewide stopped 3,403 vehicles for various traffic violations and cited 1,363 drivers for illegal speeding. The reporting period was September 26 through October 2.
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HEAT Vehicle Stops and Speed Citations

The HEAT is on, some speed limits to rise

St. Paul, Minnesota — “The HEAT is on” officials from the Minnesota Departments of Transportation and Public Safety announced today. HEAT (highway enforcement of aggressive traffic) is a new statewide speed management program designed to better control speeding, increase safety on state roadways and remind drivers that the posted speed limit is the speed limit.

HEAT is supported by $2.5 million in federal funding for speed limit enforcement on state roadways for one year — translating into nearly 1,400 hours of additional enforcement across the state.

Additionally, the speed limit on 930 miles of state highways will increase from 55 mph to 60 mph.
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The speed limit will increase 5 mph on these highways:
GR MN Roads	60 MPH Speed Highways *
Hwy 7 / 212	* Hwy 25 west of Waconia to South Dakota
Hwy 2	* Duluth to Bemidji
Hwy 53	* Hwy 73 to International Falls
Hwy 71	* I-90 to Canada
Hwy 60	* Hwy 71 to Hwy 4
Hwy 23	* I-90 to Hwy 7
Metro Roads
I-35E	* Maryland Av north of downtown St. Paul to 694
I-35W	* Hwy 36 to 694
Hwy 100	* 394 to 694
I-94	* Hwy 55 north of downtown Mpls to 694

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